Juliet J. McKenna

For the British fantasy author, see Juliet E. McKenna.

Juliet J. McKenna
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office December 16, 2005
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Nan R. Shuker
Magistrate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
In office April 2002 – December 16, 2005
Preceded by	Seat established by Family Court Act of 2001
Personal details
Born	(1970-10-19) October 19, 1970 (age 54)[1] Valparaiso, Indiana
Education	Georgetown University (BA) Yale University (JD)

Juliet JoAnn McKenna (born October 19, 1970) is an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[2][3]

Education and career

McKenna earned a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University in 1992, and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1995.[4]

After graduating, she joined the law firm Crowell & Moring for a year. She then went to work in the Office of the D.C. Attorney General. She also taught at the Georgetown University Law Center as an adjunct professor of law.[3]

D.C. superior court

In April 2002, McKenna was appointed as a magistrate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia pursuant to the Family Court Act of 2001 which created the seat.[5][6]

On May 20, 2004, President George W. Bush nominated her to serve as an associate judge on the same court. Her nomination expired on December 8, 2004, with the end of the 108th United States Congress.[7]

President Bush renominated her on February 14, 2005, to a 15-year term as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Nan R. Shuker.[8] On September 13, 2005, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on her nomination. On September 22, 2005, the committee reported her nomination favorably to the Senate. On October 7, 2005, the full Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote.[9] She was sworn in on December 16, 2005.[5]

Personal life

McKenna was born in Valparaiso, Indiana and raised in Connecticut. In the 1990s, she moved to Washington, D.C. where she has been living since.[5]

References

1. States, United; Affairs, United States Congress Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental (2006). Nominations of Colleen D. Kiko, Mary M. Rose, Hon. Juliet J. McKenna, and John R. Fisher: Hearing Before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, on the Nominations of Colleen D. Kiko, to be General Counsel, Federal Labor Relations Authority, Mary M. Rose to be Member, Merit Systems Protection Board, Hon. Juliet J. McKenna to be Associate Judge, District of Columbia Superior Court, and John R. Fisher to be Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, September 13, 2005. U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-16-075949-9.
2. "District of Columbia Superior Court Judges". www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
3. "Bio" (PDF). www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
4. "WEDDINGS; Juliet McKenna, Douglas Kendall". The New York Times. May 3, 1998. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
5. "Former Children's advocate to be sworn-in as family court judge". www.dccourts.gov. December 15, 2005. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
6. "Nine Nominated for New Family Court". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
7. "PN1671 - Nomination of Juliet JoAnn McKenna for The Judiciary, 108th Congress (2003-2004)". www.congress.gov. December 8, 2004. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
8. "Nominations Sent to the Senate". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
9. "PN189 - Nomination of Juliet JoAnn McKenna for The Judiciary, 109th Congress (2005-2006)". www.congress.gov. October 7, 2005. Retrieved December 18, 2019.